Colleges want to expand continuing education but don’t devote resources, survey says
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 22, 2023
Nondegree offerings face strain on administrative staff and slow implementation when trying to build out.
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Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 22, 2023
Nondegree offerings face strain on administrative staff and slow implementation when trying to build out.
University Business
MARCH 22, 2023
Professional continuing education looked particularly enticing to colleges and universities in the wake of the pandemic and the staggering enrollment numbers that followed. The problems may also seem to be worsening. Moreover, 47% of the respondents themselves did not know PCO unit enrollment numbers when asked.
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MindMax
DECEMBER 15, 2022
What do higher education leaders worry about the most? I recently hosted an interactive event bringing together leaders and pioneers in the higher education community for an evening of discussion on an important and relevant topic: Reflections & Predictions. Reflections: What are Higher Education Leaders Most Worried About?
MindMax
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
MindMax is committed to being at the forefront of emerging trends in higher education marketing and engagement. Key Higher Education Trends in Enrollment Enrollment trends look different in the post-pandemic landscape than they did pre-2020. Here is a comprehensive overview of the presentation they shared.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Elizabeth Mauch will become the next chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges, effective Jan. Dr. Elizabeth Mauch Bethany College Mauch, currently president of Bethany College, previously served in faculty and leadership roles at Bloomsburg University, including as dean of the College of Education.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2023
Oakton Community College has changed its name to Oakton College. The school will remain a community college and offer associate degrees, certificates, and adult and continuing education programs, including the State of Illinois High School Diploma and English as a Second Language programs. “We
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 15, 2023
The San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees has named Gregory Smith to be the district’s next chancellor. Chancellor-Designate Smith has extensive executive-level experience as well as strong familiarity with the challenges facing California’s community colleges,” said SDCCD Board President Bernie Rhinerson.
University Business
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Rep, one alumna make for big-time hires Student recruitment Alumni can be utilized to help enlighten potential college applicants who aren’t well-versed in a specific institution’s offerings. Harvard Business School provides alumni tips and tricks to maximize their utility as unofficial college recruiters.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The College of Saint Rose in New York will close permanently due to financial challenges, ending its 103-year span in higher ed. The College of Saint Rose The school’s Board of Trustees voted Thursday to close at the end of the academic year, after May 11 graduation.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Bloomfield College will be known as Bloomfield College of Montclair State University once its merges with Montclair State University, NJ.com reported. Bloomfield is the state’s only four-year private college serving predominantly Black and Hispanic students. The two schools made a joint statement on Oct.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 2, 2023
San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) Chancellor Dr. Carlos Cortez has resigned from his post, citing that he will be caring for his parents, who are experiencing health issues. My time at the district, both as President of the College of Continuing Education and as District Chancellor, have been the highlight of my career thus far.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 31, 2023
Robeson Community College (RCC) in Lumberton, N.C., Curriculum and continuing education students whose classes meet on a regular basis throughout the semester and both full-time and part-time employees will be eligible.
MindMax
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Leaders in education, business, government, and philanthropy (plus 100 students!) gathered to discuss opportunities for enhancing college and career readiness during a period of accelerating change. MindMax shares this focus on creating pathways , in the context of continuing education and higher ed.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Image: Like a lot of professors whose field of study is higher education, Jeffrey C. ” was published this month by Louisville and UPCEA, an association that focuses on professional, online and continuing education. So he set about to create just such a guide. The result, “ In-House or Outsource?
WCET Frontiers
MARCH 30, 2023
Admittedly, we might see some of that same misreporting in 2021, but colleges and universities were starting to, and please excuse me for using this phrase, “get back to normal.” This shift is changing college and university operations and economics…in a dramatic way for some institutions. Maybe I missed it somewhere?
HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)
AUGUST 29, 2023
The need for collaboration in higher education — particularly between universities and employers — continues to grow. The decline in tuition revenue has led to cost-cutting measures across hundreds of colleges and universities, which may further impact their enrollments. By 2030, these shortages could cost organizations $8.5
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 3, 2023
By one count, the United States is home to more than one million unique educational credentials, which represents a more than threefold increase since 2018. And colleges struggle to deliver what employers want. Some are offered by nonacademic providers.) But there is good news, too.
University Business
JANUARY 11, 2024
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the first art school and museum in the United States, is ending its college at the end of the 2024-25 academic year, its president said Wednesday in a letter published online. He added juniors, seniors and masters of fine arts students on track to graduate in 2024 or 2025 will still be able to do so.
University Business
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
With Gen Z students loving non-degree pathways , the next logical line of thinking for some degree-granting colleges and universities is what they can do to enlighten potential students of their institutions’ benefits.
University Business
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Despite newfound skepticism in higher education, leaders have a well of data to back up their faith in the sector. It’s up to higher education institutions to prove their worth. Two-thirds of adults think colleges are “stuck in the past” and do not meet the needs of today’s students.
The Change Leader, Inc.
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A Fundamental Rethink of the Higher Education Business Model In the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education, institutions must embrace educational innovation and strategic adaptation to change. For example, according to the College Board, in 2016, 70% of all high school seniors (traditional-age students) went to college.
University Business
JULY 6, 2023
The distance between private training providers and public universities and colleges has narrowed significantly in the last three years. Thanks to a boom in partnerships, online career-focused training is getting closer to being embedded within college curricula rather than existing as its own separate credential and certificate program.
University Business
MARCH 21, 2024
Alternative credentials have become a driving force in education, increasingly favored by non-traditional students who helped reverse a decade-plus long trend of declines that started in 2010 and fell sharply during the pandemic. Working with businesses looking to hire skilled employees is an essential part of that.
MindMax
MARCH 1, 2023
Recent higher education trends have made it clear that now more than ever, colleges and universities must have successful strategies for engaging adult learners. The US birth rate has declined steadily over the past decade , leading to an inevitable reduction in traditional college enrollees aged 18 to 24.
University Business
JUNE 26, 2023
Higher education is at a crossroads that demands immediate action: We must innovate with new revenue streams or face the adverse effects of an impending enrollment cliff. Colleges and universities must develop a second lung that will allow our organizations and our people to thrive. But our work—our business models—cannot stop here.
WCET Frontiers
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Today WCET Frontiers welcomes Shani Suber, Dean of E-learning Effectiveness and Enhancement with Dallas College and member of the WCET Steering Committee! Shani joins us to talk about her transformative journey using digital learning tools to better help students achieve their educational goals. About Dallas College.
University Business
JULY 25, 2023
Colleges and universities are seeking to expand their horizons by embracing innovative new ways to reach students and generate revenue. Consequently, professional and continuing education (PCE) units are a ripe sector to explore. ” Respondents in this report selected their answers based on this definition.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 4, 2024
Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. IHEP identified these two institutions by using the Equitable Value Explorer , a free, publicly accessible site that analyzes data from colleges and universities across the country. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.
University Business
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The writing is on the wall for higher education to revamp its curriculum to win the next cohort of students. Many colleges and universities are seeking to do so by inviting collaboration with industry professionals and employers to create programs that deeply reflect the needs of the workforce.
EAB
APRIL 24, 2023
How Northampton Community College Simplified Compliance Reporting with Automated Data Preparation Northampton’s New Process with Edify Saves Valuable Staff Time About Northampton Community College is a public two-year college serving 20,000+ students across three campuses in Pennsylvania. Browning, Ph.D.,
Thinking Cap Agency
APRIL 28, 2023
Read next: 5 SEO For Higher Education Tips to Boost Your Traffic Adult learner and college student persona examples Henry the Healthcare Student Henry the Healthcare Student is in his mid-twenties to early thirties, and has likely been out of school for a few years.
University Business
MARCH 24, 2023
If you’re still remotely skeptical about whether the explosive developments in AI will impact higher education, a recent academic study done by researchers from Princeton, New York University and the University of Pennsylvania may finally cause you to embrace the new horizons. “They have to build and articulate these guidelines.”
PeopleAdmin
MAY 8, 2023
Time savings and new integrations with a long-time partner Andrea Gonzales, Employment Supervisor, has been working for the San Diego Community College District for 30 years, and has seen a lot of change in her department. SDCCD is the second largest community college in California. It’s saved a lot of time.”
Insight Into Diversity
APRIL 17, 2023
Three schools — Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Sinai Chicago, and Wayne State University in Detroit — are part of the initiative. The goal is to increase the community health workforce, create greater access to care, and bridge connections between institutions and local residents.
University Business
JANUARY 23, 2024
Alternative non-degree credentials are slowly becoming higher education’s hottest learning modality. ” These friction points may contribute to some worrying data points registered by employers in UPCEA’s January 2024 report created in collaboration with Collegis Education, an edtech company.
University Business
DECEMBER 20, 2023
higher education fights to keep its revenue afloat, recruitment strategies used by other countries to attract their own robust cohorts of international students pose a challenge. 3 reasons students may choose higher education outside the U.S. Is online education leveling the playing field? As the U.S.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
advertisements air for Wenatchee Valley College (WVC). WVC, an associate’s and bachelor’s degree granting institution, has two dual enrollment programs: Running Start, which brings students to WVC, and College in the High School, held on high school campuses. On Spanish radio stations near Wenatchee, Wash., Dr. Karen A.
University Business
MAY 25, 2023
First-generation college students are among higher education’s most prominent yet precarious student demographics. Despite first-generation college students making up one-third of today’s students, only 27% graduate in four years, according to NASPA’s Center for First Generation Student Success.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Ninety-five percent of employers see benefits in their employees accruing microcredentials, according to a new survey from Collegis Education and UPCEA, the association for college and university leaders in online and professional continuing education. ” Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?:
MindMax
OCTOBER 12, 2023
The traditional higher education pathway used to look something like a long cross-country trip on a series of highways. They might stop for a while in a particular city—the equivalent of dabbling in a short-term job—then get back on the road to a different job or another educational opportunity. People get off at the exits.
University Business
MAY 11, 2023
While school transfers are aimed at boosting education equity, students who leverage it the most seems to correlate with the student’s wealth. “Our findings suggest that the transfer application process reflects the inequitable state of higher education.” during the 2021-22 academic year.
MindMax
JANUARY 4, 2023
Here, we’ll look at the challenges faced by 10 different colleges and universities and explore the solutions that delivered real results. Across the schools MindMax partnered with, there were three primary audiences targeted for summer enrollment: High schoolers in pre-college programs.
University Business
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
A new study focusing on employers’ perspectives on micro-credentials reveals that while a strong majority of them believe it boosts a prospective hire’s value, not enough colleges and universities are capitalizing on it. However, schools may be bungling this opportunity. They are more of a supplement than a replacement.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., As the U.S.
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